Window-shade and curtain-pole bracket.



. PAIENTED OCT. 6, 1903.

V. HILDEBDAN WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN POLE BEAU KET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1902. RENEWED AUG. 24. 1903.

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Patented October 6, 1 903.

PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR HILDEBRAND, OF CONEMAUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-SHADE AND CURTAIN-POLE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,431, dated October6, 19(33.

Application filed May 20,1902. Renewed August 24. 1903. Serial No.170,651. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, VICTOR HILDEBRAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Conemaugh, in the county of Gambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements inWindow-Shade and Curtain-Pole Brackets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to brackets for supporting window-shades andcurtain-poles.

The object of the invention is to construct a compound bracket which maybe readily attached to window-frames of common construction and whichmay be adjusted to suit windows of various sizes.

The invention consists in certain constructions and combinations ofmechanical elements, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a broken front elevation of brackets and support withcurtain-pole approximately in position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation,partly in section, showing pole and shade-brackets andbracket-supporting bar. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the Figs.4 and 5 are front and rear views of bracket-supporting bar, partlybroken away. Fig. 6 is a broken face view of part of one of thepole-brackets. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of attaching-screw.

The numeral 1 indicates the bracket-sup- This end plate or bar is a fiatpiece of metal having a longitudinal slot 2 therein. A reinforcing-plate5 is attached to the back of plate or bar 1. This reinforcing-plate 5has a longitudinal slot 3 of greater width than slot 2 and lying withits axis in the same plane. The head 10 of a bracket-holding screw maybe inclosed in slot 3, the body 11 of the screw passing through the slot2 in bar 1. The bar 1 may be as long as desirable.

Supporting plates or bars 1 are attached at each side of thewindow-frame, the screw 11 projecting forward from each slot 2. The head10 of the screw is flattened, so that the screw may not turn in the slot2, but may slide bodily along said slot.

A shade-bracket 15 or 16 is applied to each of the supporting-bars andheld. thereto by a set nut 12. The brackets 15 and 16 have the usualperforation and notch for holding a shade. The base of each 'brackethasa flange 17 at each edge. These flanges nearly fit the edges of theplate or bar 1,-so that the brackets are held with great firmness whenthe parts are assembled, as shown in Fig. 2. The pole-brackets 20 aresimilar, and one is attached over each of the brackets 15 16, as'shownin Fig. 1. Each bracket 20 is composed of a single strip of sheet metalbent or doubled on itself in the middle, thus forming a loop 21, whichloop, projecting slightly alongside the edge of the'shade-bracket, as inFig. 1, tends'to hold the pole against angular displacement when theparts are assembled.

The metallic strip forming bracket 20 is perforated or slotted, as at22, near thereturn-bend through both leaves, and the holding-screw 11passes through this slot. A little above the hole or slot the bracketbends outwardly, so as to project the curtain-pole beyond the plane ofthe shades. This outward bend of the pole-bracket may be as great as therelative position of the shadebrackets renders needful. The metal beingflexible can be readily bent more or less and 23, and'ahove this rivetthe two layers of the v strip run parallel for a little distance andthen bend orturn away from each other, thus forming a clasp 24:, inwhich the curtain-pole 25 rests. As the metal of bracket 20 is somewhatelastic, the clasp 24 will yield to embrace a larger pole than thenormal size of the clasp would warrant, and the clasp will thus hold thepole with sufficient firmness, while yet permitting easy removal andadjustment. To still further hold the bracket 20 in upright position,the shade-brackets may have a small vertical flange 19, projecting fromthe edge of the shade-bracket close against one side of thepole-bracket. This insures stability of the parts when adjusted.

Whether the adjacent ends of the end plates 1 be connected and extendentirely across the window or not, the brackets 15 and 16 are adjustabletoward and away from each other, so as to embrace shades of differentlength. Assuming the plates 1 1 to be held to a Window frame by screws28 passing through holes 4, the brackets 15 16 will be adjusted thereonby means of screws 11 and nuts 12 to such distance apart as to receivethe shade. The brackets 20, held by the-same nuts and screws against theouter faces of brackets 15 16, can also be adjusted in the same mannerand when so adjusted will be ready to receive the curtain-pole and holdthe same with a clamping pressure if the pole be larger than the normaldiameter of clasp 24.

What I claim is 1. The combination with the slotted end plate andperforated shade-bracket, of a polethe set-screw held against rotationtherein, the perforated shade-bracket having flanges embracing the edgesof the end plate and a flange at the edge of the pole-bracket, and thepole-bracket having a passage for the set-- screw, and the nut by whichboth brackets are held adjustably. I

4. The combination with the slotted end plate, the shade bracket, thepole bracket consisting of a strip of sheet metal bent in the middle andhaving a loop to bear against the edge of the shade-bracket, and aset-screw passing through the slot in the plate and holes in bothbrackets, and a nut on said screw.

5. The pole-bracket consisting of a strip of sheet metal doubled onitself and perforated near the bend, a bend or offset of the two leaves,means for holding the two leaves in contact, and a clasp formed by theoutward turn of the two ends of the strip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR HILDEBRAND. Witnesses:

WILLIAM SYMONS, M. H. BASH.

